Freud's Case Studies: Self-Psychological Perspectives

Freud's Case Studies: Self-Psychological Perspectives Review

These thoughtful self-psychological reexaminations of Freud's case studies clarify Freud's criteria for including and excluding data, underscore the theoretical and political imperatives that shaped his narrative accounts, and provide new insight into the transference-countertransference constellations that emerged during treatment. Clinically, these reappraisals take us beyond Freud's preoccupation with his patients' oedipal narratives to a self-psychological exploration of these same patients' intersubjective experiences.